Giobbe 24:9

9 Rapiscono l’orfano dalla poppa, E prendono pegno dal povero.

Giobbe 24:9 Meaning and Commentary

Job 24:9

They pluck the fatherless from the breast
Either on purpose to starve it, which must be extremely barbarous; or to sell it to be brought up a slave; or by obliging the mother to wean it before the due time, that she might be the better able to do work for them they obliged her to. Mr. Broughton renders the words, "of mischievousness they rob the fatherless"; that is, through the greatness of the mischief they do, as Ben Gersom interprets it; or through the exceeding mischievous disposition they are of; of which this is a flagrant instance; or

``they rob the fatherless of what remains for him after spoiling ^F14,''

or devastation, through the plunder of his father's substance now dead, which was exceeding cruel:

and take a pledge of the poor;
either the poor himself, or his poor fatherless children, see ( 2 Kings 4:1 ) ; or what is "upon the poor" ^F15, as it may be rendered; that is, his raiment, which was commonly taken for a pledge; and, by a law afterwards established in Israel, was obliged to be restored before sunset, that he might have a covering to sleep in, ( Exodus 22:26 Exodus 22:27 ) ; (See Gill on Job 22:6).

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FOOTNOTES:

F14 (dvm) "per devastationem", some in Munster; "post vastationem", Tigurine version; so Nachmanides & Bar Tzemach.
F15 (yne le) "super inopem", Cocceius, Schultens; so Ben Gersom.

Giobbe 24:9 In-Context

7 Fanno passar la notte agl’ignudi senza vestimenti, Sì che non hanno con che coprirsi al freddo.

8 Sono bagnati dalle acque che traboccano da’ monti; E per mancamento di ricetto, abbracciano i sassi.

9 Rapiscono l’orfano dalla poppa, E prendono pegno dal povero.

10 Fanno andar gl’ignudi senza vestimenti; E quelli che portano loro le manelle delle biade soffrono fame.

11 Quelli che spremono loro l’olio intra i lor muri, E quelli che calcano ne’ torcoli soffrono sete.